[nagdu] PETA Presentation at Convention

[Peter Donahue]

Hello Marion,

    It can't hurt to try. Something that concerns me is that is it really 
PETA Members who have been harassing certain guide dog users or members of 
another so-called "Animal Rights" organization. There are other such groups 
out there with similar extreme views concerning animals and their place in 
this World. A few of them have engaged in tactics bordering on acts of 
terrorism. The Earth Liberation Front, (ELF) is one notable organization. 
They have broken in to research labs and stolen animals on witch experiments 
were being conducted. Perhaps it's ELF Members that have been committing 
these acts of harassment against guide dog users instead of PETA folks. This 
doesn't mean that PETA has clean  hands. We need to be sure we're going 
after the right organization in order to stop the kind of incidents others 
described previously.

Peter Donahue



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marion & Martin" <swampfox1833 at verizon.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] PETA Presentation at Convention


Pete,
    I like this idea and will bring it up at our next Board meeting!

Peace!
Marion



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
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Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 10:38 AM
Subject: [nagdu] PETA Presentation at Convention


>
> Hello Marion and listers,
>
>    Last year NAGDU did something that got lots of attention among NFB
> members around the country. One of the presenters at the annual NAGDU
> Seminar was a Muslem Clarric to address issues concerning guide dog use
> and
> the Islamic Faith. Given the problems guide dog users have encountered
> with
> PETA members and their uninformed views of guide dogs and their use would
> it
> not be appropriate to extend an invitation to them to speak during this
> years NAGDU seminar to hopefully urge them to change these views and to
> work
> with us to put an end to the harassment experienced by some guide dog
> users
> when encountering PETA Members? This is a long-shot I know but like
> Muslems
> shouldn't PETA be given a chance to come clean with us and hopefully be
> better informed about the role of guide dogs in our lives? I recall that
> an
> animal rights person was once at a NAGDU meeting long ago. She was deasent
> to our members and I don't recall any attempts by her or the group she
> represented to harass guide dog users atending that national convention.
> Anyway this was a thought and an idea.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
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